On Sun, 14 Jun 2015 08:31:06 -0400, "Jim Wilkins"
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"John B." wrote in message
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On Sat, 13 Jun 2015 18:54:46 -0400, "Jim Wilkins"
wrote:

"pyotr filipivich" wrote in message
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As the progressives work hard to make the police ineffectual, who
will protect them from the rednecks?
pyotr filipivich

There's always been an element of the Left that promotes anarchy,
until they succeed and experience it.


You mean like the Bolsheviks in Russia?
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cheers,

John B.

The Bolsheviks believed totalitarian authority was a necessary
intermediate step, as did Marx.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictat...he_proletariat


Exactly. One might say that they "promotes anarchy,
until they succeed and experience it."

And were, apparently, perfectly happy with it :-)


Mensheviks believed that a peaceful transition was possible.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mensheviks
"The Mensheviks came to argue for predominantly legal methods and
trade union work, while the Bolsheviks favoured armed violence."

Anarchists like Bakunin rejected both
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Bakunin

I learned all this in Modern European History back in high school.


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cheers,

John B.